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TIL Due to the rise in use of avocados, ERs are seeing more and more "avocado hand" injuries from the slash and stab wounds people sustained from mishandling things, in some cases causing permanent damage and requiring extensive surgery to repair

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ANx4g TIL about the complicated border in the village of Baarle, which has 22 Belgian exclaves and seven Dutch enclaves within the Belgian exclaves
awYKb TIL that thousands of years ago, Madagascar was home to lemurs the size of gorillas
aZB0 TIL that the Giant Squid has a doughnut shaped brain with their esophagus running through the hole in the center. If it swallows anything too big, it could damage its brain.
j66kR TIL George Lucas not only gave his blessing to make Spaceballs, he also handed the movie over to his effects company, Industrial Light and Magic, to provide the space effects and postproduction.
J1Rdl TIL: That in 1953 the town of Neversink, New York was completely submerged underwater after dams for what would become the Neversink Reservoir were finished.